Robert I. Cukier

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Robert I. Cukier is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert I. Cukier has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert I. Cukier's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (75 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (37 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (28 papers). Robert I. Cukier is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (75 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (37 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (28 papers). Robert I. Cukier collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Spain. Robert I. Cukier's co-authors include Daniel G. Nocera, Kurt E. Shuler, John H. Schaibly, M. Morillo, H. B. Levine, A. G. Petschek, C.M. Fortuin, J. R. Mehaffey, Yuxiang Bu and Jianjun Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert I. Cukier

181 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Study of the sensitivity of coupled reaction systems to uncertainties in rate coefficients. I Theory

1973 763 citations Robert I. Cukier, Kurt E. Shuler et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER

1998 739 citations Robert I. Cukier et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert I. Cukier United States	36	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.3k	640	182	6.5k
G. M. Torrie Canada	30	2.8k 1.5×	3.5k 2.1×	1.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.8×	648 1.0×	62	8.9k
Jan Tobochnik United States	24	2.1k 1.2×	670 0.4×	509 0.3×	2.5k 1.9×	389 0.6×	76	6.7k
Michael Hart United States	38	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	294 0.2×	3.6k 2.7×	792 1.2×	204	9.5k
J. P. Valleau Canada	33	3.1k 1.7×	3.8k 2.2×	2.1k 1.3×	2.7k 2.0×	757 1.2×	74	9.7k
Christoph Dellago Austria	46	4.5k 2.5×	2.9k 1.7×	776 0.5×	4.4k 3.3×	412 0.6×	195	11.4k
Peter G. Bolhuis Netherlands	52	3.3k 1.8×	4.2k 2.5×	664 0.4×	5.3k 4.0×	1.2k 1.8×	166	11.4k
J. M. Deutch United States	47	1.9k 1.0×	889 0.5×	866 0.5×	2.0k 1.5×	764 1.2×	177	6.7k
Ernesto G. Birgin Brazil	31	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	454 0.3×	2.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	114	11.8k
Andrew Pohorille United States	42	3.2k 1.8×	4.2k 2.5×	864 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	761 1.2×	125	8.6k
Joel Tellinghuisen United States	44	3.3k 1.8×	579 0.3×	944 0.6×	461 0.3×	303 0.5×	210	6.1k

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Wang, Zhiping, et al.. (2013). Excess Dielectron in an Ionic Liquid as a Dynamic Bipolaron. Physical Review Letters. 110(10). 107602–107602. 19 indexed citations

Kireeva, Maria L., Kristopher Opron, Steve Seibold, et al.. (2012). Molecular dynamics and mutational analysis of the catalytic and translocation cycle of RNA polymerase. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 11–11. 34 indexed citations

Nedialkov, Yuri A., Kristopher Opron, Irina Artsimovitch, et al.. (2012). The RNA polymerase bridge helix YFI motif in catalysis, fidelity and translocation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1829(2). 187–198. 30 indexed citations

Wang, Zhiping, Jinxiang Liu, Meng Zhang, Robert I. Cukier, & Yuxiang Bu. (2012). Solvation and Evolution Dynamics of an Excess Electron in SupercriticalCO2. Physical Review Letters. 108(20). 207601–207601. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Zhiping, Liang Zhang, Robert I. Cukier, & Yuxiang Bu. (2010). States and migration of an excess electron in a pyridinium-based, room-temperature ionic liquid: an ab initio molecular dynamics simulation exploration. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(8). 1854–1854. 24 indexed citations

Seibold, Steve, Badri Nath Singh, Chunfen Zhang, et al.. (2010). Conformational coupling, bridge helix dynamics and active site dehydration in catalysis by RNA polymerase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1799(8). 575–587. 31 indexed citations

Cukier, Robert I.. (2009). Apo Adenylate Kinase Encodes Its Holo Form: A Principal Component and Varimax Analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113(6). 1662–1672. 24 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaohua, et al.. (2009). Effect of metal ions on radical type and proton‐coupled electron transfer channel: σ‐Radical vs π‐radical and σ‐channel vs π‐channel in the imide units. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 30(16). 2694–2705. 9 indexed citations

Seibold, Steve & Robert I. Cukier. (2007). A molecular dynamics study comparing a wild‐type with a multiple drug resistant HIV protease: Differences in flap and aspartate 25 cavity dimensions. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 69(3). 551–565. 13 indexed citations

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Yan, Shihai, Liang Zhang, Robert I. Cukier, & Yuxiang Bu. (2007). Exploration on Regulating Factors for Proton Transfer along Hydrogen‐Bonded Water Chains. ChemPhysChem. 8(6). 944–954. 16 indexed citations

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Yao, Lishan, Honggao Yan, & Robert I. Cukier. (2007). A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Ligand Release Path in Yeast Cytosine Deaminase. Biophysical Journal. 92(7). 2301–2310. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Huichun, Liang Zhang, Ping Li, Robert I. Cukier, & Yuxiang Bu. (2006). Exploration of the Ca²⁺ Interaction Modes of the Nifedipine Calcium Channel Antagonist. ChemPhysChem. 8(2). 304–314. 3 indexed citations

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Cukier, Robert I.. (2004). Theory and simulation of proton-coupled electron transfer, hydrogen-atom transfer, and proton translocation in proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1655(1-3). 37–44. 71 indexed citations

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Krishnamurthy, Harini, et al.. (2004). Associative mechanism for phosphoryl transfer: A molecular dynamics simulation of Escherichia coli adenylate kinase complexed with its substrates. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 58(1). 88–100. 39 indexed citations

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Cukier, Robert I.. (2004). A molecular dynamics study of water chain formation in the proton-conducting K channel of cytochrome c oxidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1706(1-2). 134–146. 33 indexed citations

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Cukier, Robert I.. (2004). Quantum molecular dynamics simulation of proton transfer in cytochrome c oxidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1656(2-3). 189–202. 39 indexed citations

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Cukier, Robert I.. (2004). A temperature-dependent Hartree approach for excess proton transport in hydrogen-bonded chains. Chemical Physics. 305(1-3). 197–211. 3 indexed citations

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Seibold, Steve, Linda C. Hsi, Denise A. Mills, et al.. (2003). Histidine 386 and Its Role in Cyclooxygenase and Peroxidase Catalysis by Prostaglandin-endoperoxide H Synthases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(46). 46163–46170. 13 indexed citations

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Cukier, Robert I., Raymond Kapral, & J. R. Mehaffey. (1980). Effect of static correlations on the pair friction coefficient. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 73(10). 5254–5258. 30 indexed citations

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Cukier, Robert I., H. B. Levine, & Kurt E. Shuler. (1978). Nonlinear sensitivity analysis of multiparameter model systems. Journal of Computational Physics. 26(1). 1–42. 498 indexed citations

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